...not true. I had the pleasure of purchasing and owning one of the last seven
1980
Triumph Spitfires NEW sold in the US in April of 1981. The latches were chrome
as was the window trim molding and the trim on the hardtop
...it was a California spec, car. the door handles were black, as were the
license plate lights
Paul Tegler
1973 BGT
North of Annapolis, South of Baltimore
email: wizardz@toad.net
http://www.amdyne.net/~ptegler/mgmain.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura G. <savercool@email.msn.com>
To: Growe58@aol.com <Growe58@aol.com>; spitfires@autox.team.net
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: New Spitfire webpages
>I noticed that the bonnet catches on the '80 Spits were painted body color.
>Was
>this a late factory change or just part of the advertising? Anyone know?
>
>-Greg
In my handy dandy spitfire book by Michael Cook, all it says is that the 79
and into 80 model years carried "virtually no chrome trim at all."
I really haven't seen many '80s (or '79s) . I do seem to vaguely remember
seeing a spit once that had bonnet catches painted the same colour as the
body.
Laura G. and Nigel
>
>In a message dated 5/14/99 11:04:38 PM EST, savercool@email.msn.com writes:
>>
>> Thumbs up!
>>
>> Great site-beautiful car!
>>
>> Laura G. and Nigel
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
>> To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Friday, May 14, 1999 11:24 AM
>> Subject: New Spitfire webpages
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >[drum roll]
>> >
>> >Ladies and gentlemen!
>> >
>> >After having been locked up in a room for some weeks with just a
computer,
>> >a scanner, notepad.exe, and a good book on HTML, I have the
immeasurable
>> >pleasure to announce to you my * N E W * webpages dedicated to the
Triumph
>> >Spitfire.
>> >
>> >There's the usual blah-blah about my own car, how and why I got it, why
>> >it's so great, etc.
>> >
>> >But I think I have something that so far nobody else has:
>> >
>> > Original Triumph Spitfire Brochures
>> >
>> >So far, I have a 1974 and a 1980 UK brochure, scanned in hi-res B&W and
>> >colour.
>> >
>> >And an extra special bonus page:
>> >
>> > How To Read Your Spark Plugs
>> > (courtesy of Champion spark plugs ;-)
>> >
>> >You, the subscribers to this list, are the first to be informed about
>these
>> >pages. So please, whenever you have the time, point your browsers to
the
>> >URL mentioned below - and do not hesitate to tell me what you think.
>> >Criticism is *very* welcome.
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
>> >1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
>> >
>> >My Spitfire and Triumph Spitfire brochures:
>> >
>> > http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
>
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